π️Lonny's War Update- October 483, 2023 - January 31, 2025 π️
π️Day 483 that 82 of our hostages in Hamas captivity
**There is nothing more important than getting them home! NOTHING!**
“I’ve never met them,But I miss them. I’ve never met them,but I think of them every second. I’ve never met them,but they are my family. BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!”
We’re waiting for you, all of you.
A deal is the only way to bring
all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation.
#BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope
A deal is the only way to bring
all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation.
#BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope
There is no victory until all of the hostages are home!ΧΧΧ Χ Χ¦ΧΧΧ Χ’Χ Χ©ΧΧ ΧΧΧΧΧ€ΧΧ ΧΧΧΧͺ
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Israeli soldier killed in Jenin clash as IDF expands West Bank terror sweep
Staff Sgt. Liam Hazi, 20, from Rosh HaAyin, killed and 5 others wounded, one seriously, in ambush inside Jenin refugee camp building; terrorists open fire at close range before escaping; manhunt underway
An Israeli soldier was killed and five others wounded during an IDF raid in the Jenin refugee camp, the military said Thursday, marking the first fatality in Israel's week-long counterterrorism crackdown across the West Bank, condemned Operation Iron Wall.
The fallen soldier, Staff Sgt. Liam Hazi, 20, from Rosh HaAyin, was a combat fighter in the Haruv Reconnaissance Battalion. The IDF said four soldiers sustained mild to moderate injuries, while one remains in serious condition.
MAY HIS MEMORY BE A REVOLUTION
Hostage Updates
Yesterday was the 40th birthday of Tal Shoham, held in Hamas captivity for 483 days- his 2nd birthday in captivity
Who is Tal Shoham, one of the hostages from Kibbutz Be’eri set for release?
Shoham’s wife and children were also taken captive by Hamas and held together but separately from Tal.
Tal Shoham is expected to be one of the hostages set for release in the first phase of the hostage-ceasefire deal. Shoham, a 39-year-old Israeli with Austrian and Italian citizenship, was abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7 along with eight other members of his extended family. This included Shoshan Haran, 67; Avshalom Haran, 66; Lilach Lea Kipnis, 60; Adi Shoham, 38; Naveh Shoham, 8; Yahel Gani Shoham, 3; Sharon Avigdori, 52; and Noam Avigdori, 12.
Shoham was visiting Be’eri for the holiday of Simchat Torah, with his wife and children on October 7, because his wife had grown up there.
Tal Shoham, 38 (now 40), was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7 from Kibbutz Be’eri when some 3,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and murdered 1,200 — mostly civilians — and took about 240 hostages to Gaza.
Shoham was kidnapped along with his wife, Adi Shoham, his daughter, Yahel, 3, and son, Naveh, 8, as well as his mother-in-law Shoshan Haran, his wife’s aunt Sharon Avigdori and her daughter Noam, 12.
Aside from Shoham, his six extended family members were released on November 25 as part of a temporary ceasefire deal brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States between Hamas and Israel.
The Shoham family had traveled from their home in the north to visit Adi’s family for the Simchat Torah holiday weekend. Adi was raised on the kibbutz where her parents Shoshan and Avshalom Haran still lived.
Avshalom’s sister, Sharon Avigdori, and her 12-year-old daughter, Noam, were also visiting that weekend.
Shoshan Haran’s sister and brother-in-law, Eviatar and Lilach Kipnis, lived next door in Be’eri.
On October 7, the extended family was hiding in the Haran safe room when Hamas gunmen attacked during the terror group’s bloody onslaught launched from the Gaza Strip.
Initially, all family members were thought missing, potentially all kidnapped.
The body of Eviatar Kipnis’s caregiver, Paul Castelvi, was found several days later in the nearby Be’eri forest. When Castelvi’s body was identified, the family feared that all 10 family members had been killed as well.
By October 17, the family learned that Eviatar Kipnis and Avshalom Haran‘s remains had been identified. On October 23, the family learned that Lilach Kipnis was also declared dead.
The family then found out that the remaining seven were hostages in Gaza.
The Hamas terrorists had burned the family home, forcing them all outside, said Gilad Korngold, Tal Shoham’s father.
Korngold eventually heard that his son (who Hebraicized his last name years ago), was seen alive and outside at some point that day.
Korngold, who, like his son, is an Austrian citizen, told Israeli TV after the return home of his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, that eight-year-old Naveh does not really discuss what he went through.
He “doesn’t ask about Dad, doesn’t ask about Grandpa,” said Korngold.
Korngold said the children were held together with their female relatives, but not with their father.
- Freed IDF soldier Liri Albag: ‘I was finally able to reunite with my family… but our struggle is not over’
Former hostage soldier Liri Albag, who was freed from Hamas captivity last week, calls for the release of the remaining abductees held by terror groups in Gaza since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre.
“I was finally able to reunite with my family… but our struggle is not over and I will not stop fighting until everyone is home,” she writes in a post on Instagram.
“I want us to continue to stay united because together nothing can break us. Our unity and hope scare our enemies, amazes our loved ones and comforts those among us. I hope everyone will see the light.”
Albag was released on Saturday along with three other surveillance soldiers after 477 days in captivity, under a deal with the Hamas terror group that came into effect last week.
During the first phase of the accord, Hamas is set to free 33 hostages in exchange for Israel’s releasing up to 1,904 Palestinian security prisoners and detainees. Ten hostages have been released from captivity so far — five soldiers and five civilians — in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including dozens serving life sentences. link Liri, just like all the other returned hostages since November 2023 cannot heal and continue with their lives until all the hostages are home. This has been the feeling of all of them. Even those they don't know, their feelings are that they cannot rest and go on with their lives until they are all home, they have left part of them in Gaza with those left behind.
There are large parts of the Israeli population who also cannot go back to their pre-October 7 lives while we have hostages left in Gaza. The country cannot heal while the hostages are left there. We cannot allow the hostage deal to stop, it has to continue to phases 2 and 3 and the war must end.
- Hostages slated to be freed from Gaza tomorrow are Ofer Calderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas — officials
The three Israeli hostages slated to be freed from Gaza tomorrow are Ofer Calderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas, Israeli officials say.
Siegel, 65, a US citizen originally from North Carolina, was taken captive with his wife Aviva from Kibbutz Kfar Aza. She was freed in November 2023.
Calderon, 54, and his two of his children, Erez and Sahar, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, and they were both freed during the last ceasefire.
Bibas, 35, was kidnapped separately from his wife and children, Shiri, Ariel and Kfir, who were all taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz. Hamas has claimed that Shiri and the two boys have been killed in captivity. Israel has not officially confirmed their deaths, but has expressed “grave concern” for their fate. Yarden was wounded during his kidnapping.
Israeli officials say that the families have been notified and that Israel accepts the Hamas list.
Calderon children, released from Gaza in Nov. 2023, to be reunited with their father: ‘What a perfect morning’
“Thank God, oh my goodness, what a perfect morning,” Sahar Calderon posts on Instagram, moments after Israel confirms that her father, Ofer Calderon, is one of three male hostages slated for release from Gaza tomorrow.
Calderon was kidnapped along with his two children, Sahar, 16 at the time, and Erez, then 12, when Hamas-led terrorists stormed Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, killing over 100 residents and some 15 foreign agricultural workers, and taking about 80 hostages.
His children were among 105 hostages released in November 2023 in a week-long truce, while he has been held by terrorists for over 15 months.
Calderon, 54, is slated to be released tomorrow along with hostages Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas.
Sahar Calderon, right, hugs her mother after being released from Hamas captivity on November 27, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)‘Dad’s coming! Dad’s on the list’: Freed hostage reacts to news her husband, Keith Siegel, will be freed tomorrow
Shir Siegel, whose father Keith Siegel was kidnapped on October 7, 2023, and is still held in Gaza, posts footage of the moment her mother finds out he is slated for release tomorrow.
“Dad’s coming! Shirkush! Dad’s coming. Dad’s on the list,” cries Aviva Siegel, who was also kidnapped from her home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza in the Hamas onslaught and released in a week-long truce in November 2023.
Siegel, 65, a dual Israeli-US citizen originally hailing from North Carolina, is believed to be in poor health.
Israeli officials confirmed a short while ago that he will be released from Gaza tomorrow along with Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas, under the first phase of an ongoing hostage-ceasefire deal. Ten Israeli hostages have been released since the accord came into effect last week.
Who is Yarden Bibas, a hostage set to be released from Gaza on Saturday?Footage made public in April also shows that Yarden Bibas was alive when abducted, although bloodied from the terrorists’ attacks. 
Yarden Bibas, holding his son as an infant.
Yarden Bibas ,35, an Israeli citizen who was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip during the Hamas-led massacres in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, is expected to be released on Saturday.
Bibas was kidnapped and separated from his wife, Shiri, and his two young children, Ariel and Kfir, all of whom remain as hostages. Their status remains unknown, and Israel has been pressing for answers on their condition.
At the time of their kidnapping, Ariel was 4 years old, and Kfir was nine months old. They are the youngest of the hostages taken, and remaining in captivity.
Coming from Kibbutz Nir Oz, the Bibas family lived with their family dog, Tonto. Tonto was killed during the October 7 attacks.
Yarden is a welder by trade. He enjoys music and stand-up comedy, and his family and friends identify him by his sensitive and caring nature, his kind eyes, and his big smile. He is also described as good-humored.
Footage made public in April also shows that Yarden Bibas was alive when abducted, although bloodied from the terrorists’ attacks.
Yarden and Ariel Bibas, who are both still in Hamas captivity (credit: The Bibas family)
The abduction of the Bibas family
The IDF was able to confirm, after securing footage, that Shiri and her two sons were taken to Gaza alive. After being taken to Khan Yunis on October 7, 2023, they were detained by a terror group by the name of Kataib Mujahadin.
Following the footage release, the family said in a statement, "These videos tear our hearts out. Witnessing Shiri, Yarden, Ariel, and Kfir ripped away from their home in Nir Oz into this hellscape feels unbearable and inhumane.
"Kidnapping children is a crime against humanity and a war crime. Ariel and Kfir are victims of monstrous evil. Our whole family has become hostages along with all the hostages.”
Despite the status of the family remaining unconfirmed, Dana Silberman-Sitton, the sister of Shiri Bibas, expressed doubts that the Bibas family would be returned alive. link
- Freed hostages reunited with family, pictures show
Pictures distributed to reporters by authorities in Israel show freed hostages Gadi Mozes and Arbel Yehud being reunited with their families after over 480 days in Gaza.
One picture shows Mozes surrounded by his children Yair, Moran and Iddo. Yair is seen sporting a bushy beard after he had vowed not to shave until his father was returned.
Another shows the octogenarian smiling with an extended group of relatives.Other pictures sent out show Arbel locked in a tight hug at an IDF facility near Gaza, and with her grinning family on a helicopter.
- Former hostage Arbel Yehud reuniting with her family π️
- Freed hostage, 80, vows to rebuild his kibbutzGadi Mozes returns to Israel in third release of hostage deal and says will 'do everything in my power to restore his community of Nir Oz, ravaged by Hamas terrorists on October 7
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, shared his first message upon release after 482 days in captivity in Gaza. “I will do everything in my power to restore Nir Oz,” he said, referencing the southern Israeli kibbutz devastated in Hamas’ October 7 attack.
Earlier, a photo circulated from the reunification center in Kibbutz Re’im showed Mozes embracing his three children — Moran, Oded and Yair — who had waited for his return to shave off beards grown since the war began. His daughter was heard urging him, “Sit down, Dad.” Mozes told his children, “I once heard your mother speaking on the radio.”
Shailee, Mozes’ granddaughter, posted on Instagram: “I have no words except *thank God* for this day, and thanks to everyone who cared for us, supported us and fought with us through this long, exhausting journey to victory — to have my grandfather back #BringThemAllHome.”
Margalit Mozes, Gadi's ex-partner, said: “A stone has been lifted from my heart. I am elated, especially for the children who suffered so much and for all of us. This was a very difficult period. Today is a crucial step toward healing.”
His son Yair, who had vowed not to shave until his father’s return, shared an emotional reunion photo on Instagram: “Dad is back!!!” Orna Pauker, Mozes’ partner, added: “There’s great joy that Arbel [Yehoud] and Gadi returned but also worry for the rest of the hostages and grief for the tragedy we endured. It’s not easy.”Pauker described the day’s tense hostage release: “Morning began with overwhelming excitement, but fear grew as images showed Gazans crowding around Gadi and Arbel — we barely saw them. The tension is immense. For me, it’s not over until they’re in Israeli hands.”
Mozes, Arbel Yehud and five Thai nationals were freed near the ruins of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s home in Khan Younis on Thursday. The IDF confirmed they crossed into Israel and were taken to a reception center near Gaza. Earlier, IDF lookout Agam Berger was released from Hamas captivity in Jabaliya. link
- Report: Gadi Mozes was held alone for his entire 482 days in Gaza, convinced captors to bring him books, kept a diary
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, was held alone for the entire 482 days he was held captive by Gaza terrorists, the Kan broadcaster reports.
The moment he met Arbel Yehud yesterday, who was also said to have been held alone for the duration of her captivity, was reportedly the first time he saw an Israeli hostage since he was kidnapped from his home on Kibbutz Nir on October 7, 2023.
Prior to their release yesterday morning in a long, chaotic process in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group issued a propaganda video showing Yehoud and Mozes embracing.
Both Mozes and Yehoud are believed to have been held by Islamic Jihad, a Hamas ally.
The Kan report adds that Mozes had managed to convince the Palestinian terrorists holding him captive to bring him books in English to read and that he had been able to take daily walks outside where he was being held.
He was also said to have kept a diary, which was taken from him before he returned to Israel yesterday, in which he kept track of the days and noted the times he was moved around the Strip.
He occasionally saw news footage from Israel, including clips of his family members advocating for his release, according to the report.
Mozes’s partner, Efrat Katz, was killed during the October 7 onslaught, apparently by IDF fire. Her daughter Doron Katz-Asher was kidnapped along with her granddaughters Raz, then aged 5, and Aviv, then 2. His ex-wife Margalit Mozes was also kidnapped from her home on Nir Oz. The surviving four were released in a hostage deal in November 2023.
Mozes and Yehud, along with IDF soldier Agam Berger, were freed yesterday under the first stage of an ongoing hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas, which provides for 33 hostages to be released in exchange for up to 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Five Thai nationals were also released from Gaza yesterday, though not as part of the truce deal.
Emily Damari’s Mother Revealed: Held in UNRWA Facilities, Shot Twice – and Did Not Receive Medical Treatment
About two weeks after Emily’s release from captivity, her mother revealed in a conversation with the British Prime Minister that her daughter was held in facilities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). “It’s a miracle she survived,” said the mother. “All the hostages must be brought back now.”
"It's a miracle she survived." Mandy and Emily DeMarie in conversation with the British Prime Minister
Mandy Damari, the mother of Emily, who was freed after 471 days in Hamas captivity, revealed today (Friday) that her daughter was held in UNRWA facilities. Mandy stated that she spoke with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, thanked him for his support and assistance, and added: “Hamas held Emily in UNRWA facilities and denied her access to medical treatment – after she was shot twice.” The mother further said, “It’s a miracle she survived. All the hostages must be brought back now.”
The image that became the icon. Emily after her release from captivity
Emily, it should be noted, was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip last Sunday, in the first phase of the current hostage deal, alongside Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbacher. Emily, a British citizen, immediately became a symbol of bravery upon her release, including pushing one of the Hamas terrorists as she exited the vehicle that brought her to the “Red Cross” pickup point – and even providing a unique victory image, showing her severed fingers to her brother during a phone call.
On Sunday, Emily, Romi, and Doron were discharged from Sheba Medical Center, exactly one week after their arrival. “Sheba Medical Center will continue to accompany them and their families,” the hospital stated at the time. “We remain ready and alert until the last hostage returns.”
Yesterday, the law against UNRWA in Israel came into effect, requiring the organization to cease all activities within the country. Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, stated this week: “This decision was not made lightly and not hastily. It is not a political decision, but a necessary one.”
The proposal for the law against UNRWA, which passed by an overwhelming majority of 92 Knesset members versus 10 opponents, was introduced after suspicions arose that some UNRWA operatives in Gaza participated in the October 7 massacre. According to the approved law, UNRWA will not operate any representation, provide any services, or conduct any activities, directly or indirectly, within Israel’s sovereign territory. Consequently, UNRWA’s activities in East Jerusalem will be halted, and its authorities will be transferred to Israeli control and jurisdiction. link
- Five Thai hostages freed by Hamas yesterday are in ‘fair’ health — hospital director
The five Thai nationals freed by the Hamas terror group yesterday after over 15 months in captivity are in “fair” health, according to the director of the Shamir Medical Center in Petah Tikva, where the former hostages are recovering.
Dr. Osnat Levzion-Korach notes however that most were held underground and were not exposed to sunlight for extended periods.
She says they do not appear to be malnourished and credits their young age with helping them survive captivity in fairly good physical shape.
Hostage Updates
Yesterday was the 40th birthday of Tal Shoham, held in Hamas captivity for 483 days- his 2nd birthday in captivity
Who is Tal Shoham, one of the hostages from Kibbutz Be’eri set for release?
Shoham’s wife and children were also taken captive by Hamas and held together but separately from Tal.
Tal Shoham is expected to be one of the hostages set for release in the first phase of the hostage-ceasefire deal. Shoham, a 39-year-old Israeli with Austrian and Italian citizenship, was abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7 along with eight other members of his extended family. This included Shoshan Haran, 67; Avshalom Haran, 66; Lilach Lea Kipnis, 60; Adi Shoham, 38; Naveh Shoham, 8; Yahel Gani Shoham, 3; Sharon Avigdori, 52; and Noam Avigdori, 12.
Shoham was visiting Be’eri for the holiday of Simchat Torah, with his wife and children on October 7, because his wife had grown up there.
Tal Shoham, 38 (now 40), was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7 from Kibbutz Be’eri when some 3,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and murdered 1,200 — mostly civilians — and took about 240 hostages to Gaza.
Shoham was kidnapped along with his wife, Adi Shoham, his daughter, Yahel, 3, and son, Naveh, 8, as well as his mother-in-law Shoshan Haran, his wife’s aunt Sharon Avigdori and her daughter Noam, 12.
Aside from Shoham, his six extended family members were released on November 25 as part of a temporary ceasefire deal brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States between Hamas and Israel.
The Shoham family had traveled from their home in the north to visit Adi’s family for the Simchat Torah holiday weekend. Adi was raised on the kibbutz where her parents Shoshan and Avshalom Haran still lived.
Avshalom’s sister, Sharon Avigdori, and her 12-year-old daughter, Noam, were also visiting that weekend.
Shoshan Haran’s sister and brother-in-law, Eviatar and Lilach Kipnis, lived next door in Be’eri.
On October 7, the extended family was hiding in the Haran safe room when Hamas gunmen attacked during the terror group’s bloody onslaught launched from the Gaza Strip.
Initially, all family members were thought missing, potentially all kidnapped.
The body of Eviatar Kipnis’s caregiver, Paul Castelvi, was found several days later in the nearby Be’eri forest. When Castelvi’s body was identified, the family feared that all 10 family members had been killed as well.
By October 17, the family learned that Eviatar Kipnis and Avshalom Haran‘s remains had been identified. On October 23, the family learned that Lilach Kipnis was also declared dead.
The family then found out that the remaining seven were hostages in Gaza.
The Hamas terrorists had burned the family home, forcing them all outside, said Gilad Korngold, Tal Shoham’s father.
Korngold eventually heard that his son (who Hebraicized his last name years ago), was seen alive and outside at some point that day.
Korngold, who, like his son, is an Austrian citizen, told Israeli TV after the return home of his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, that eight-year-old Naveh does not really discuss what he went through.
He “doesn’t ask about Dad, doesn’t ask about Grandpa,” said Korngold.
Korngold said the children were held together with their female relatives, but not with their father.
- Freed IDF soldier Liri Albag: ‘I was finally able to reunite with my family… but our struggle is not over’
Former hostage soldier Liri Albag, who was freed from Hamas captivity last week, calls for the release of the remaining abductees held by terror groups in Gaza since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre.
“I was finally able to reunite with my family… but our struggle is not over and I will not stop fighting until everyone is home,” she writes in a post on Instagram.
“I want us to continue to stay united because together nothing can break us. Our unity and hope scare our enemies, amazes our loved ones and comforts those among us. I hope everyone will see the light.”
Albag was released on Saturday along with three other surveillance soldiers after 477 days in captivity, under a deal with the Hamas terror group that came into effect last week.
During the first phase of the accord, Hamas is set to free 33 hostages in exchange for Israel’s releasing up to 1,904 Palestinian security prisoners and detainees. Ten hostages have been released from captivity so far — five soldiers and five civilians — in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including dozens serving life sentences. link Liri, just like all the other returned hostages since November 2023 cannot heal and continue with their lives until all the hostages are home. This has been the feeling of all of them. Even those they don't know, their feelings are that they cannot rest and go on with their lives until they are all home, they have left part of them in Gaza with those left behind.
There are large parts of the Israeli population who also cannot go back to their pre-October 7 lives while we have hostages left in Gaza. The country cannot heal while the hostages are left there. We cannot allow the hostage deal to stop, it has to continue to phases 2 and 3 and the war must end.
- Hostages slated to be freed from Gaza tomorrow are Ofer Calderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas — officials
The three Israeli hostages slated to be freed from Gaza tomorrow are Ofer Calderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas, Israeli officials say.
Siegel, 65, a US citizen originally from North Carolina, was taken captive with his wife Aviva from Kibbutz Kfar Aza. She was freed in November 2023.
Calderon, 54, and his two of his children, Erez and Sahar, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, and they were both freed during the last ceasefire.
Bibas, 35, was kidnapped separately from his wife and children, Shiri, Ariel and Kfir, who were all taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz. Hamas has claimed that Shiri and the two boys have been killed in captivity. Israel has not officially confirmed their deaths, but has expressed “grave concern” for their fate. Yarden was wounded during his kidnapping.
Israeli officials say that the families have been notified and that Israel accepts the Hamas list.
Calderon children, released from Gaza in Nov. 2023, to be reunited with their father: ‘What a perfect morning’“Thank God, oh my goodness, what a perfect morning,” Sahar Calderon posts on Instagram, moments after Israel confirms that her father, Ofer Calderon, is one of three male hostages slated for release from Gaza tomorrow.
Calderon was kidnapped along with his two children, Sahar, 16 at the time, and Erez, then 12, when Hamas-led terrorists stormed Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, killing over 100 residents and some 15 foreign agricultural workers, and taking about 80 hostages.
His children were among 105 hostages released in November 2023 in a week-long truce, while he has been held by terrorists for over 15 months.
Calderon, 54, is slated to be released tomorrow along with hostages Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas.
Sahar Calderon, right, hugs her mother after being released from Hamas captivity on November 27, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)‘Dad’s coming! Dad’s on the list’: Freed hostage reacts to news her husband, Keith Siegel, will be freed tomorrowShir Siegel, whose father Keith Siegel was kidnapped on October 7, 2023, and is still held in Gaza, posts footage of the moment her mother finds out he is slated for release tomorrow.
“Dad’s coming! Shirkush! Dad’s coming. Dad’s on the list,” cries Aviva Siegel, who was also kidnapped from her home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza in the Hamas onslaught and released in a week-long truce in November 2023.
Siegel, 65, a dual Israeli-US citizen originally hailing from North Carolina, is believed to be in poor health.
Israeli officials confirmed a short while ago that he will be released from Gaza tomorrow along with Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas, under the first phase of an ongoing hostage-ceasefire deal. Ten Israeli hostages have been released since the accord came into effect last week.
Who is Yarden Bibas, a hostage set to be released from Gaza on Saturday?Footage made public in April also shows that Yarden Bibas was alive when abducted, although bloodied from the terrorists’ attacks.
Yarden Bibas, holding his son as an infant.Yarden Bibas ,35, an Israeli citizen who was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip during the Hamas-led massacres in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, is expected to be released on Saturday.
Bibas was kidnapped and separated from his wife, Shiri, and his two young children, Ariel and Kfir, all of whom remain as hostages. Their status remains unknown, and Israel has been pressing for answers on their condition.
At the time of their kidnapping, Ariel was 4 years old, and Kfir was nine months old. They are the youngest of the hostages taken, and remaining in captivity.
Coming from Kibbutz Nir Oz, the Bibas family lived with their family dog, Tonto. Tonto was killed during the October 7 attacks.
Yarden is a welder by trade. He enjoys music and stand-up comedy, and his family and friends identify him by his sensitive and caring nature, his kind eyes, and his big smile. He is also described as good-humored.
Footage made public in April also shows that Yarden Bibas was alive when abducted, although bloodied from the terrorists’ attacks.
Yarden and Ariel Bibas, who are both still in Hamas captivity (credit: The Bibas family)The abduction of the Bibas family
The IDF was able to confirm, after securing footage, that Shiri and her two sons were taken to Gaza alive. After being taken to Khan Yunis on October 7, 2023, they were detained by a terror group by the name of Kataib Mujahadin.
Following the footage release, the family said in a statement, "These videos tear our hearts out. Witnessing Shiri, Yarden, Ariel, and Kfir ripped away from their home in Nir Oz into this hellscape feels unbearable and inhumane.
"Kidnapping children is a crime against humanity and a war crime. Ariel and Kfir are victims of monstrous evil. Our whole family has become hostages along with all the hostages.”
Despite the status of the family remaining unconfirmed, Dana Silberman-Sitton, the sister of Shiri Bibas, expressed doubts that the Bibas family would be returned alive. link
- Freed hostages reunited with family, pictures show
Pictures distributed to reporters by authorities in Israel show freed hostages Gadi Mozes and Arbel Yehud being reunited with their families after over 480 days in Gaza.
One picture shows Mozes surrounded by his children Yair, Moran and Iddo. Yair is seen sporting a bushy beard after he had vowed not to shave until his father was returned.
Another shows the octogenarian smiling with an extended group of relatives.Other pictures sent out show Arbel locked in a tight hug at an IDF facility near Gaza, and with her grinning family on a helicopter.
- Former hostage Arbel Yehud reuniting with her family π️
- Freed hostage, 80, vows to rebuild his kibbutzGadi Mozes returns to Israel in third release of hostage deal and says will 'do everything in my power to restore his community of Nir Oz, ravaged by Hamas terrorists on October 7
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, shared his first message upon release after 482 days in captivity in Gaza. “I will do everything in my power to restore Nir Oz,” he said, referencing the southern Israeli kibbutz devastated in Hamas’ October 7 attack.Earlier, a photo circulated from the reunification center in Kibbutz Re’im showed Mozes embracing his three children — Moran, Oded and Yair — who had waited for his return to shave off beards grown since the war began. His daughter was heard urging him, “Sit down, Dad.” Mozes told his children, “I once heard your mother speaking on the radio.”Shailee, Mozes’ granddaughter, posted on Instagram: “I have no words except *thank God* for this day, and thanks to everyone who cared for us, supported us and fought with us through this long, exhausting journey to victory — to have my grandfather back #BringThemAllHome.”Margalit Mozes, Gadi's ex-partner, said: “A stone has been lifted from my heart. I am elated, especially for the children who suffered so much and for all of us. This was a very difficult period. Today is a crucial step toward healing.”His son Yair, who had vowed not to shave until his father’s return, shared an emotional reunion photo on Instagram: “Dad is back!!!” Orna Pauker, Mozes’ partner, added: “There’s great joy that Arbel [Yehoud] and Gadi returned but also worry for the rest of the hostages and grief for the tragedy we endured. It’s not easy.”Pauker described the day’s tense hostage release: “Morning began with overwhelming excitement, but fear grew as images showed Gazans crowding around Gadi and Arbel — we barely saw them. The tension is immense. For me, it’s not over until they’re in Israeli hands.”Mozes, Arbel Yehud and five Thai nationals were freed near the ruins of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s home in Khan Younis on Thursday. The IDF confirmed they crossed into Israel and were taken to a reception center near Gaza. Earlier, IDF lookout Agam Berger was released from Hamas captivity in Jabaliya. link
- Report: Gadi Mozes was held alone for his entire 482 days in Gaza, convinced captors to bring him books, kept a diary
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, was held alone for the entire 482 days he was held captive by Gaza terrorists, the Kan broadcaster reports.
The moment he met Arbel Yehud yesterday, who was also said to have been held alone for the duration of her captivity, was reportedly the first time he saw an Israeli hostage since he was kidnapped from his home on Kibbutz Nir on October 7, 2023.
Prior to their release yesterday morning in a long, chaotic process in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group issued a propaganda video showing Yehoud and Mozes embracing.
Both Mozes and Yehoud are believed to have been held by Islamic Jihad, a Hamas ally.
The Kan report adds that Mozes had managed to convince the Palestinian terrorists holding him captive to bring him books in English to read and that he had been able to take daily walks outside where he was being held.
He was also said to have kept a diary, which was taken from him before he returned to Israel yesterday, in which he kept track of the days and noted the times he was moved around the Strip.
He occasionally saw news footage from Israel, including clips of his family members advocating for his release, according to the report.
Mozes’s partner, Efrat Katz, was killed during the October 7 onslaught, apparently by IDF fire. Her daughter Doron Katz-Asher was kidnapped along with her granddaughters Raz, then aged 5, and Aviv, then 2. His ex-wife Margalit Mozes was also kidnapped from her home on Nir Oz. The surviving four were released in a hostage deal in November 2023.
Mozes and Yehud, along with IDF soldier Agam Berger, were freed yesterday under the first stage of an ongoing hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas, which provides for 33 hostages to be released in exchange for up to 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Five Thai nationals were also released from Gaza yesterday, though not as part of the truce deal.
Emily Damari’s Mother Revealed: Held in UNRWA Facilities, Shot Twice – and Did Not Receive Medical Treatment
About two weeks after Emily’s release from captivity, her mother revealed in a conversation with the British Prime Minister that her daughter was held in facilities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). “It’s a miracle she survived,” said the mother. “All the hostages must be brought back now.”
"It's a miracle she survived." Mandy and Emily DeMarie in conversation with the British Prime MinisterMandy Damari, the mother of Emily, who was freed after 471 days in Hamas captivity, revealed today (Friday) that her daughter was held in UNRWA facilities. Mandy stated that she spoke with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, thanked him for his support and assistance, and added: “Hamas held Emily in UNRWA facilities and denied her access to medical treatment – after she was shot twice.” The mother further said, “It’s a miracle she survived. All the hostages must be brought back now.”
The image that became the icon. Emily after her release from captivityEmily, it should be noted, was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip last Sunday, in the first phase of the current hostage deal, alongside Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbacher. Emily, a British citizen, immediately became a symbol of bravery upon her release, including pushing one of the Hamas terrorists as she exited the vehicle that brought her to the “Red Cross” pickup point – and even providing a unique victory image, showing her severed fingers to her brother during a phone call.
On Sunday, Emily, Romi, and Doron were discharged from Sheba Medical Center, exactly one week after their arrival. “Sheba Medical Center will continue to accompany them and their families,” the hospital stated at the time. “We remain ready and alert until the last hostage returns.”
Yesterday, the law against UNRWA in Israel came into effect, requiring the organization to cease all activities within the country. Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, stated this week: “This decision was not made lightly and not hastily. It is not a political decision, but a necessary one.”
The proposal for the law against UNRWA, which passed by an overwhelming majority of 92 Knesset members versus 10 opponents, was introduced after suspicions arose that some UNRWA operatives in Gaza participated in the October 7 massacre. According to the approved law, UNRWA will not operate any representation, provide any services, or conduct any activities, directly or indirectly, within Israel’s sovereign territory. Consequently, UNRWA’s activities in East Jerusalem will be halted, and its authorities will be transferred to Israeli control and jurisdiction. link
- Five Thai hostages freed by Hamas yesterday are in ‘fair’ health — hospital director
The five Thai nationals freed by the Hamas terror group yesterday after over 15 months in captivity are in “fair” health, according to the director of the Shamir Medical Center in Petah Tikva, where the former hostages are recovering.
Dr. Osnat Levzion-Korach notes however that most were held underground and were not exposed to sunlight for extended periods.
She says they do not appear to be malnourished and credits their young age with helping them survive captivity in fairly good physical shape.
Gaza and the South
- Palestinian Authority and EU to operate Rafah Crossing in FebruaryCritical border crossing to Egypt set to open, with EU sending local force to oversee Palestinians leaving enclave; Netanyahu says PA's role at border symbolic
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans began returning to northern Gaza via the Netzarim Corridor on Monday, with a U.S. security firm responsible for preventing weapons smuggling using vehicles.
The firm consists of about 100 former elite unit members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, security measures are being prepared at the Rafah crossing, set to reopen in February, to prevent terrorists and weapons from being smuggled into Egypt.
EU foreign ministers agreed to redeploy a European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) mission at the Rafah Crossing in February. Under the cease-fire agreement with Hamas, 200 Palestinians —mostly wounded individuals and their escorts — will leave Gaza daily through the crossing. EUBAM was established in 2005 as an EU civilian mission to assist the Palestinian Authority (PA) in managing Rafah. In 2007, after Hamas seized Gaza, the mission was suspended, relocating first to Ashkelon and later to Ramat Gan.
A senior EU official said Israel recently asked how the EU could help reestablish EUBAM, with the request coming from Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and the Foreign Ministry. "The European force will play an important role in the cease-fire," he said. "The idea is to reopen the crossing during the first phase to allow people to leave Gaza."
Talks on redeployment involved Egypt and the U.S. "From Israel, Egypt and the U.S. perspective, the EU force is a reliable body to oversee that terrorists and weapons don't pass through," the official said.
"The EU wants to reestablish the mission to show support for the cease-fire and cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Israel wants a trustworthy partner to work with,” he added.The Rafah crossing will reopen in February, with Palestinians vetted by Shin Bet. The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement last week that these individuals will not be affiliated with the PA.However, a senior EU official said, "The PA will provide mission personnel. European border officers from several countries will oversee operations. The crossing will be managed by PA border officers, while the IDF remains stationed around the perimeter." Upon arrival, Palestinians will undergo security checks, including ID verification and weapons screening, before entering Egypt. The EU is expected to deploy up to 100 border officers with security arrangements in place. Most of those crossing will be wounded individuals, children and critically ill patients seeking treatment abroad.
EUBAM has begun recruiting personnel ahead of redeployment. "There's good cooperation and mutual interest going on with Israel," the EU official said. "Israel wants a trusted presence at the crossing.""The PA is trying to create a false impression that it controls the crossing. Under the agreement, the IDF secures the crossing, and no one passes without its supervision and prior approval from the IDF and Shin Bet,” The Prime Minister’s Office stated last week.
“The technical operation inside the crossing is handled by non-Hamas Gazans vetted by Shin Bet who have been managing essential services in Gaza since the war began. EUBAM oversees their work. The PA’s only practical role is stamping passports, as it is the internationally recognized authority for Palestinian travel documentation. This arrangement applies to the first phase of the hostage deal and will be reviewed at a later date." link - Trepidation and resilience in southern Israel as hostages, terrorists, Gazans go home
Residents of western Negev worry about security after ceasefire with Hamas but are defiant in their will to stay. ‘I’m not giving Hamas that victory,’ says Netiv Ha’asara resident
The release in recent days of Israeli hostages from their hellish Gazan captivity has attuned the country to a grim and wrenching emotional experience, as the nation watches with horrified attention as hostages held by Hamas and other terror groups are released amid the tumult of Gazan crowds clamoring around the captives.
This terror and trepidation abates once the hostages are transferred, to be replaced by a tearful joy at the redemption of those who were kept in traumatic captivity for so long.
But these scenes are just one side of a multifaceted coin, the flip sides of which are the release of Palestinian security prisoners, including hardened terrorists with blood on their hands, and the return of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to northern Gaza, under the terms of the ceasefire agreement Israel signed with Hamas.
This complex reality has profound significance in particular for residents of the western Negev region, otherwise known as the Gaza envelope, the cluster of kibbutzim, moshavim, towns and small communities that bore the brunt of the invasion and massacres perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
On Thursday morning, the pastoral beauty and tranquility of the Netiv Ha’asara moshav seemed a world away from the stomach-turning scenes in Jabalia and Khan Younis from where three Israelis and five Thai hostages were released.
Bougainvillea in garish pink and pastel orange ran riot across the white walls and green verges of the moshav, the branches of lemon trees weighed heavy with their bright yellow fruit, and blue skies crowned Netiv Ha’asara’s idyllic countryside location.
Crowds surround a Palestinian Islamic Jihad vehicle apparently carrying hostages to be handed over to the Red Cross in the south Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, Jan. 30, 2025 (Screen grab/YouTube)But Jabalia, whose Hamas rulers have apparently returned, lies just a short journey from the rural charm of Netiv Ha’asara and the home of one of its founders Moira Dror, whose house lies just a few dozen yards from the Gaza border itself.
On October 7, a small number of Hamas terrorists crossed over Gaza’s northern border, entered the moshav, and went house to house murdering 20 people in the community. Dror and her husband Gil hid in their safe room for ten hours, before escaping in their car.
Dror was watching her television Thursday morning with transfixed horror as Hamas paraded Agam Berger, the last female Israeli soldier held by the terror group, across a stage in front of a Gazan crowd, escorted by masked, armed terrorists and amid the ruins of Jabalia.
But despite her vociferously expressed revulsion to Hamas’s treatment of Israel’s hostages, and her concern over the concessions made by Israel to the terror group, Dror is certain, without any doubt, that the ceasefire and hostage release agreement was the right thing to do.
“We want the hostages to come back at any price,” she insisted and said she very much hopes that the government follows through with the second phase of the deal as well to ensure that all the remaining hostages are released.
“That’s the only way the country can get back to something like normality.”
But she is under no illusions as to the price Israel is paying for the release of the hostages, nor the reality in Gaza, despite the “total victory” Israel was promised by its leaders in the wake of the October 7 attacks.
“Obviously Hamas is back in power in Gaza; in fact, they’ve never not been in power. Is that victory? It’s not victory,” she said calmly.
Journalists tour the devastated Moshav Netiv Ha’asara in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on November 17, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP)
- IDF: In overnight raid in Jenin, troops eliminated two Palestinian gunmen who killed soldier yesterday
The IDF says troops last night eliminated two Palestinian gunmen in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank who earlier in the day killed a soldier and wounded five others.
Yesterday, Staff Sgt. Liam Hazi, 20, of the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, was killed and five troops were wounded during an exchange of fire with two gunmen in a building in the Jenin refugee camp. The pair managed to flee following the incident.
Several hours later, the IDF says Haruv troops and other forces surrounded another building to which the gunmen fled, and following another exchange of fire, killed them.
UN chief demands evacuation of 2,500 Gazan children in need of medical treatment
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demands that 2,500 children be immediately evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment after meeting with four US doctors who said the children were at imminent risk of death in the coming weeks.
The doctors had all volunteered in Gaza during the 15-month-long war between Israel and Hamas, sparked by the terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught.
Among those patients urgently needing treatment are 2,500 children, says Feroze Sidhwa, a California trauma surgeon who worked in Gaza from March 25 to April 8 last year.
“Of those 2,500 kids, the vast majority need very simple things done,” Sidhwa tells reporters after meeting with Guterres, citing the case of a three-year-old boy who suffered burns to his arm. The burns had healed, but the scar tissue was slowly cutting off blood flow, leaving him at risk of amputation, according to Sidhwa.
The doctors say they’re advocating for a centralized process for medical evacuations with clear guidelines.
At the start of this month, before the ceasefire came into effect last week, the World Health Organization said 5,383 patients had been evacuated with its support since the war began in October 2023, most of those in the first seven months before the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza was closed.
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans began returning to northern Gaza via the Netzarim Corridor on Monday, with a U.S. security firm responsible for preventing weapons smuggling using vehicles.
The release in recent days of Israeli hostages from their hellish Gazan captivity has attuned the country to a grim and wrenching emotional experience, as the nation watches with horrified attention as hostages held by Hamas and other terror groups are released amid the tumult of Gazan crowds clamoring around the captives.
This terror and trepidation abates once the hostages are transferred, to be replaced by a tearful joy at the redemption of those who were kept in traumatic captivity for so long.
But these scenes are just one side of a multifaceted coin, the flip sides of which are the release of Palestinian security prisoners, including hardened terrorists with blood on their hands, and the return of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to northern Gaza, under the terms of the ceasefire agreement Israel signed with Hamas.
This complex reality has profound significance in particular for residents of the western Negev region, otherwise known as the Gaza envelope, the cluster of kibbutzim, moshavim, towns and small communities that bore the brunt of the invasion and massacres perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
On Thursday morning, the pastoral beauty and tranquility of the Netiv Ha’asara moshav seemed a world away from the stomach-turning scenes in Jabalia and Khan Younis from where three Israelis and five Thai hostages were released.
Bougainvillea in garish pink and pastel orange ran riot across the white walls and green verges of the moshav, the branches of lemon trees weighed heavy with their bright yellow fruit, and blue skies crowned Netiv Ha’asara’s idyllic countryside location.
But Jabalia, whose Hamas rulers have apparently returned, lies just a short journey from the rural charm of Netiv Ha’asara and the home of one of its founders Moira Dror, whose house lies just a few dozen yards from the Gaza border itself.
On October 7, a small number of Hamas terrorists crossed over Gaza’s northern border, entered the moshav, and went house to house murdering 20 people in the community. Dror and her husband Gil hid in their safe room for ten hours, before escaping in their car.
Dror was watching her television Thursday morning with transfixed horror as Hamas paraded Agam Berger, the last female Israeli soldier held by the terror group, across a stage in front of a Gazan crowd, escorted by masked, armed terrorists and amid the ruins of Jabalia.
But despite her vociferously expressed revulsion to Hamas’s treatment of Israel’s hostages, and her concern over the concessions made by Israel to the terror group, Dror is certain, without any doubt, that the ceasefire and hostage release agreement was the right thing to do.
“We want the hostages to come back at any price,” she insisted and said she very much hopes that the government follows through with the second phase of the deal as well to ensure that all the remaining hostages are released.
“That’s the only way the country can get back to something like normality.”
But she is under no illusions as to the price Israel is paying for the release of the hostages, nor the reality in Gaza, despite the “total victory” Israel was promised by its leaders in the wake of the October 7 attacks.
“Obviously Hamas is back in power in Gaza; in fact, they’ve never not been in power. Is that victory? It’s not victory,” she said calmly.
The IDF says troops last night eliminated two Palestinian gunmen in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank who earlier in the day killed a soldier and wounded five others.
Yesterday, Staff Sgt. Liam Hazi, 20, of the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, was killed and five troops were wounded during an exchange of fire with two gunmen in a building in the Jenin refugee camp. The pair managed to flee following the incident.
Several hours later, the IDF says Haruv troops and other forces surrounded another building to which the gunmen fled, and following another exchange of fire, killed them.
UN chief demands evacuation of 2,500 Gazan children in need of medical treatment
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demands that 2,500 children be immediately evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment after meeting with four US doctors who said the children were at imminent risk of death in the coming weeks.
The doctors had all volunteered in Gaza during the 15-month-long war between Israel and Hamas, sparked by the terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught.
Among those patients urgently needing treatment are 2,500 children, says Feroze Sidhwa, a California trauma surgeon who worked in Gaza from March 25 to April 8 last year.
“Of those 2,500 kids, the vast majority need very simple things done,” Sidhwa tells reporters after meeting with Guterres, citing the case of a three-year-old boy who suffered burns to his arm. The burns had healed, but the scar tissue was slowly cutting off blood flow, leaving him at risk of amputation, according to Sidhwa.
The doctors say they’re advocating for a centralized process for medical evacuations with clear guidelines.
At the start of this month, before the ceasefire came into effect last week, the World Health Organization said 5,383 patients had been evacuated with its support since the war began in October 2023, most of those in the first seven months before the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza was closed.
Northern Israel - Lebanon/Hizbollah/Syria
- IDF: Fighter jets carried out overnight strikes on Hezbollah sites in Beqaa Valley
Overnight, Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in the Beqaa Valley of eastern Lebanon, the military says.
The IDF says the targets, which “posed a threat to the Israeli home front and troops,” included a military facility with an underground weapons manufacturing site and infrastructure at border crossings between Syria and Lebanon which the terror group used to smuggle arms.
The strikes were carried out after Hezbollah launched a surveillance drone at Israel yesterday, which the military says was intercepted.
The IDF says the drone was a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
- US military says it killed senior member of al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria airstrike
The US military says it killed a senior operative of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group in an airstrike in northwest Syria on Thursday.
The airstrike, part of an ongoing effort to disrupt and degrade terrorist groups in the region, resulted in the death of Muhammad Salah al-Za’bir of the Hurras al-Din group, the US Central Command says in a statement.
- Israel told Lebanon truce committee Iran is smuggling cash to Hezbollah via Beirut airport
Israel has complained to the US-led committee overseeing the Lebanon ceasefire that Iran is sending suitcases stuffed with US dollars to Hezbollah via Beirut’s international airport, according to an American defense official cited by the Wall Street Journal.
The official is quoted as saying that Israel also claims Turkish citizens are being used to smuggle cash from Istanbul to Beirut.
According to the WSJ report, Israel’s complaints have been passed on to the Lebanese government.
A Lebanese security official quoted by WSJ says the Beirut airport is under tight military control to prevent Hezbollah smuggling attempts.
Though smuggling large amounts of cash through the airport would be difficult, valuable items like gemstones and diamonds could pass undetected, the Lebanese official says.
The November 27 ceasefire deal ended two months of full-scale war that followed months of lower-intensity cross-border exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah.
During the campaign, Israel eliminated most of Hezbollah’s senior leadership. It also targeted the Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial institution, which has over 30 outlets across Lebanon, which both Jerusalem and Washington say is used by Hezbollah for money laundering and terrorism financing, assertions the group denies.
The Iran-backed terror group began near-daily attacks on northern Israel one day after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by its Palestinian ally Hamas, which triggered the war in Gaza. Tens of thousands of Israeli residents of the north were displaced by the attacks, with rocket fire eventually spreading to the center of the country.
- IDF: Fighter jets carried out overnight strikes on Hezbollah sites in Beqaa Valley
Overnight, Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in the Beqaa Valley of eastern Lebanon, the military says.
The IDF says the targets, which “posed a threat to the Israeli home front and troops,” included a military facility with an underground weapons manufacturing site and infrastructure at border crossings between Syria and Lebanon which the terror group used to smuggle arms.
The strikes were carried out after Hezbollah launched a surveillance drone at Israel yesterday, which the military says was intercepted.
The IDF says the drone was a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
- US military says it killed senior member of al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria airstrike
The US military says it killed a senior operative of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group in an airstrike in northwest Syria on Thursday.
The airstrike, part of an ongoing effort to disrupt and degrade terrorist groups in the region, resulted in the death of Muhammad Salah al-Za’bir of the Hurras al-Din group, the US Central Command says in a statement.
- Israel told Lebanon truce committee Iran is smuggling cash to Hezbollah via Beirut airport
Israel has complained to the US-led committee overseeing the Lebanon ceasefire that Iran is sending suitcases stuffed with US dollars to Hezbollah via Beirut’s international airport, according to an American defense official cited by the Wall Street Journal.
The official is quoted as saying that Israel also claims Turkish citizens are being used to smuggle cash from Istanbul to Beirut.
According to the WSJ report, Israel’s complaints have been passed on to the Lebanese government.
A Lebanese security official quoted by WSJ says the Beirut airport is under tight military control to prevent Hezbollah smuggling attempts.
Though smuggling large amounts of cash through the airport would be difficult, valuable items like gemstones and diamonds could pass undetected, the Lebanese official says.
The November 27 ceasefire deal ended two months of full-scale war that followed months of lower-intensity cross-border exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah.
During the campaign, Israel eliminated most of Hezbollah’s senior leadership. It also targeted the Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial institution, which has over 30 outlets across Lebanon, which both Jerusalem and Washington say is used by Hezbollah for money laundering and terrorism financing, assertions the group denies.
The Iran-backed terror group began near-daily attacks on northern Israel one day after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by its Palestinian ally Hamas, which triggered the war in Gaza. Tens of thousands of Israeli residents of the north were displaced by the attacks, with rocket fire eventually spreading to the center of the country.
West Bank and Jerusalem and Terror attacks within Israel
- IDF says troops shot 2 suspects hurling firebombs at West Bank highway
The Israel Defense Forces says that troops opened fire on a pair of suspects in the Palestinian village of al-Khader throwing firebombs toward the West Bank’s main highway.
“The soldiers fired toward the terrorists… and hits were identified,” according to a military statement, who says the suspects were spotted by members of the 636th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit who were on a stakeout.
No one was injured by the Molotov cocktails hurled at Route 60, the statement adds. (this is 5 minutes from my home. We travel this route almost everyday)
- Israel deploys preemptive crackdown on celebrations as Palestinians await freed prisoners
The IDF says troops are operating in the West Bank to prevent parades for the Palestinian prisoners being released now in the hostage deal with Hamas.
Troops have been carrying out “preemptive arrests” and dropping leaflets calling on Palestinians not to participate in the parades, the army says.
Soldiers also seized flags of terror groups and other objects that would have been used in parades, the IDF adds.
Footage from Ramallah shows crowds of families gathered to await the two buses of prisoners that departed from Ofir prison less than an hour ago, with scads of journalists on the scene and police in bright vests keeping public order.
Earlier, clashes were reported between Palestinians and Border Police forces at the Beitunia checkpoint adjacent to Ofer Prison, just outside Ramallah.
In exchange for the three Israeli hostages released earlier today, Israel is freeing 110 Palestinian security prisoners, including 33 serving life sentences. Many of the prisoners are being released to the West Bank.
Israeli cops kill Palestinian terror suspect in Nablus raid
Police say members of its Yamam anti-terror unit killed a wanted Palestinian in the West Bank city of Nablus a short while ago.
The IDF, Israel Police, and Shin Bet in a joint statement say that Qasim Aklik was involved in “planning and advancing terror attacks against Israeli targets.”
Aklik, who was armed with a handgun, attempted to flee when the Yamam officers tried to arrest him, police say. The officers then opened fire, killing him.
The Palestinian Authority health ministry says it was informed of Aklik’s death, meaning his body is being held by Israeli authorities.
The Israel Defense Forces says that troops opened fire on a pair of suspects in the Palestinian village of al-Khader throwing firebombs toward the West Bank’s main highway.
“The soldiers fired toward the terrorists… and hits were identified,” according to a military statement, who says the suspects were spotted by members of the 636th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit who were on a stakeout.
No one was injured by the Molotov cocktails hurled at Route 60, the statement adds. (this is 5 minutes from my home. We travel this route almost everyday)
The IDF says troops are operating in the West Bank to prevent parades for the Palestinian prisoners being released now in the hostage deal with Hamas.
Troops have been carrying out “preemptive arrests” and dropping leaflets calling on Palestinians not to participate in the parades, the army says.
Soldiers also seized flags of terror groups and other objects that would have been used in parades, the IDF adds.
Footage from Ramallah shows crowds of families gathered to await the two buses of prisoners that departed from Ofir prison less than an hour ago, with scads of journalists on the scene and police in bright vests keeping public order.
Earlier, clashes were reported between Palestinians and Border Police forces at the Beitunia checkpoint adjacent to Ofer Prison, just outside Ramallah.
In exchange for the three Israeli hostages released earlier today, Israel is freeing 110 Palestinian security prisoners, including 33 serving life sentences. Many of the prisoners are being released to the West Bank.
Israeli cops kill Palestinian terror suspect in Nablus raid
Police say members of its Yamam anti-terror unit killed a wanted Palestinian in the West Bank city of Nablus a short while ago.
The IDF, Israel Police, and Shin Bet in a joint statement say that Qasim Aklik was involved in “planning and advancing terror attacks against Israeli targets.”
Aklik, who was armed with a handgun, attempted to flee when the Yamam officers tried to arrest him, police say. The officers then opened fire, killing him.
The Palestinian Authority health ministry says it was informed of Aklik’s death, meaning his body is being held by Israeli authorities.
Politics and the War (general news)
- Two IDF reservists from Haifa, one from Iron Dome unit, charged with spying for Iran
The State Prosecutor’s Office files indictments at a Haifa court against two IDF reservists for alleged espionage on behalf of Iran in return for financial compensation, according to a statement.
The defendants, Yuri Eliasfov and Georgi Andreyev, both aged 21 and both residents of the Haifa suburb of Kiryat Yam, are charged with serious offenses including contact with a foreign agent, transferring classified information, and aiding the enemy during wartime.
The police and Shin Bet security service announced their arrests early this week.
The two were in contact with an Iranian agent identified as “Boaz” and carried out actions intended to harm state security, according to the charge sheet.
Prosecutors say the two men have a long-standing friendship.
Eliasfov, who served in the military’s Iron Dome unit, is accused of passing along highly sensitive material about the missile defense technology to his Iranian handler, including photos and video of the radar screen.
The indictment accuses him of offering to sell video footage of the missile defense system to “Boaz” for $10,000, including an $800 down payment.
Andreyev served in the Air Force’s operational headquarters, according to the charge sheet.
The two are accused of spray-painting pro-Iranian graffiti and hanging banners in Tel Aviv carrying the slogan “Children of Ruhollah,” referring to Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s first supreme leader following the Islamic Revolution.
- Two IDF reservists from Haifa, one from Iron Dome unit, charged with spying for Iran
The State Prosecutor’s Office files indictments at a Haifa court against two IDF reservists for alleged espionage on behalf of Iran in return for financial compensation, according to a statement.
The defendants, Yuri Eliasfov and Georgi Andreyev, both aged 21 and both residents of the Haifa suburb of Kiryat Yam, are charged with serious offenses including contact with a foreign agent, transferring classified information, and aiding the enemy during wartime.
The police and Shin Bet security service announced their arrests early this week.
The two were in contact with an Iranian agent identified as “Boaz” and carried out actions intended to harm state security, according to the charge sheet.
Prosecutors say the two men have a long-standing friendship.
Eliasfov, who served in the military’s Iron Dome unit, is accused of passing along highly sensitive material about the missile defense technology to his Iranian handler, including photos and video of the radar screen.
The indictment accuses him of offering to sell video footage of the missile defense system to “Boaz” for $10,000, including an $800 down payment.
Andreyev served in the Air Force’s operational headquarters, according to the charge sheet.
The two are accused of spray-painting pro-Iranian graffiti and hanging banners in Tel Aviv carrying the slogan “Children of Ruhollah,” referring to Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s first supreme leader following the Islamic Revolution.
The Region and the World
- Egyptians gather at Rafah Border Crossing to protest Trump’s proposal to relocate Gazans
Several hundred Egyptians gather in front of the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to protest US President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal that large numbers of Gazans take refuge in Egypt and Jordan.
The protesters wave Palestinian flags and hold photos of Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi, who has rejected Trump’s suggestion, along with signs saying, “We support you.”
Hundreds of Egyptians gather in front of the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, to show solidarity with the Palestinians and to reject the proposed displacement plans, January 31, 2025. Arabic reads, “Egyptians support you Mr. President”. (AP Photo/Mohammed Arafat)The protest comes as the Gaza-Egypt crossing is set to reopen for Palestinian civilians under a hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that came into effect last week.
The EU said earlier today that it has restarted its civilian million to monitor the crossing.
Personal Stories Kibbutz Manara, destroyed by Hezbollah’s rockets, starts to pick up the piecesMembers of the community begin appraisal process to see what can be salvaged after vast majority of homes were destroyed or damaged in Hezbollah attacks
Igor Abramovich surveys heavy damage to a house from the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in Kibbutz Manara, on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, January 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
KIBBUTZ MANARA (AP) — Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel is so close to the Lebanese border that patrons of a local pub joke, with gallows humor, that the Hezbollah terrorist organization could see whether they were eating sunflower seeds or potato chips with their beers.
The proximity made Manara so vulnerable in the war between Israel and Hezbollah that rockets and explosive drones fired from Lebanon damaged the majority of homes, turning the tiny community into a symbol of the heavy toll taken by the terror group’s attacks. The kibbutz’s 300 residents were among the 60,000 Israelis evacuated by the government from communities along the Lebanese border during the 14-month conflict with Hezbollah.
A tenuous ceasefire has largely held, though it was tested on Sunday as a 60-day deadline passed for Israel and Hezbollah to withdraw their forces from southern Lebanon. Health officials in Lebanon said at least 22 people were killed by Israeli fire when demonstrators attempted to enter villages still under Israeli control.
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops to depart southern Lebanon until February 18. Israel has said that it needs to stay longer because the Lebanese army has not deployed to all areas of southern Lebanon, as agreed, to ensure that terror group Hezbollah does not reestablish its presence there. The Lebanese army has said it cannot deploy until Israeli forces withdraw.
For now, residents of Israel’s north are taking their time returning, uncertain when — or if — they will go back to shattered communities. Many wonder what future they can have in a place so exposed to violence. The vast majority of displaced families still haven’t returned home.
Igor Abramovich holds a piece of a rocket fired by Hezbollah during the 14-month war between Hezbollah and Israel in the heavily damaged Kibbutz Manara, on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
In hard-hit places like Manara, some who have ventured back have found unlivable, blackened homes. It will take years to rebuild.
“We are trying to understand what we can fix, what we can do better, how we can prepare for the next round [of fighting],” said Igor Abramovich, who remained in Manara during the war and believes it’s just a matter of time before fighting erupts anew.
All homes on the ridge facing Lebanon are destroyed, with gaping holes left by missile strikes or fires that burned so hot that cars partly melted. Because the kibbutz is so exposed, a mere 70 meters (yards) from the border in some places, firefighters sometimes couldn’t respond to the blazes. Instead, the emergency squad was forced to watch on security cameras as fires burned.
Igor Abramovich, surveys heavy damage to a children’s room in a house from the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in Kibbutz Manara, on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, January 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Hezbollah began launching rockets and missiles toward Israeli border communities on October 8, 2023, a day after allied terror group Hamas invaded in the south, sparking the war in Gaza. Soon after, Israel evacuated dozens of towns, villages and kibbutzim along the northern border, including Manara.
In Lebanon, at the height of the war, more than 1 million people were displaced, and reconstruction will take years there as well. Piles of rubble that were once homes can be seen in towns across the border.
Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel resulted in the deaths of 46 civilians. In addition, 80 IDF soldiers and reservists died in cross-border skirmishes, attacks on Israel, and in the ensuing ground operation launched in southern Lebanon in late September.
Israel made returning the displaced residents to their homes an aim in its war against Hezbollah and has promised incentives to entice them back. The return has been slow, in part because many residents are skeptical of the government’s pledges to ensure their safety and because much work remains to rehabilitate communities.
Several hundred Egyptians gather in front of the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to protest US President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal that large numbers of Gazans take refuge in Egypt and Jordan.
The protesters wave Palestinian flags and hold photos of Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi, who has rejected Trump’s suggestion, along with signs saying, “We support you.”
The protest comes as the Gaza-Egypt crossing is set to reopen for Palestinian civilians under a hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that came into effect last week.
The EU said earlier today that it has restarted its civilian million to monitor the crossing.
Igor Abramovich surveys heavy damage to a house from the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in Kibbutz Manara, on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, January 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
KIBBUTZ MANARA (AP) — Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel is so close to the Lebanese border that patrons of a local pub joke, with gallows humor, that the Hezbollah terrorist organization could see whether they were eating sunflower seeds or potato chips with their beers.
The proximity made Manara so vulnerable in the war between Israel and Hezbollah that rockets and explosive drones fired from Lebanon damaged the majority of homes, turning the tiny community into a symbol of the heavy toll taken by the terror group’s attacks. The kibbutz’s 300 residents were among the 60,000 Israelis evacuated by the government from communities along the Lebanese border during the 14-month conflict with Hezbollah.
A tenuous ceasefire has largely held, though it was tested on Sunday as a 60-day deadline passed for Israel and Hezbollah to withdraw their forces from southern Lebanon. Health officials in Lebanon said at least 22 people were killed by Israeli fire when demonstrators attempted to enter villages still under Israeli control.
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops to depart southern Lebanon until February 18. Israel has said that it needs to stay longer because the Lebanese army has not deployed to all areas of southern Lebanon, as agreed, to ensure that terror group Hezbollah does not reestablish its presence there. The Lebanese army has said it cannot deploy until Israeli forces withdraw.
For now, residents of Israel’s north are taking their time returning, uncertain when — or if — they will go back to shattered communities. Many wonder what future they can have in a place so exposed to violence. The vast majority of displaced families still haven’t returned home.
In hard-hit places like Manara, some who have ventured back have found unlivable, blackened homes. It will take years to rebuild.
“We are trying to understand what we can fix, what we can do better, how we can prepare for the next round [of fighting],” said Igor Abramovich, who remained in Manara during the war and believes it’s just a matter of time before fighting erupts anew.
All homes on the ridge facing Lebanon are destroyed, with gaping holes left by missile strikes or fires that burned so hot that cars partly melted. Because the kibbutz is so exposed, a mere 70 meters (yards) from the border in some places, firefighters sometimes couldn’t respond to the blazes. Instead, the emergency squad was forced to watch on security cameras as fires burned.
Igor Abramovich, surveys heavy damage to a children’s room in a house from the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in Kibbutz Manara, on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, January 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Hezbollah began launching rockets and missiles toward Israeli border communities on October 8, 2023, a day after allied terror group Hamas invaded in the south, sparking the war in Gaza. Soon after, Israel evacuated dozens of towns, villages and kibbutzim along the northern border, including Manara.
In Lebanon, at the height of the war, more than 1 million people were displaced, and reconstruction will take years there as well. Piles of rubble that were once homes can be seen in towns across the border.
Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel resulted in the deaths of 46 civilians. In addition, 80 IDF soldiers and reservists died in cross-border skirmishes, attacks on Israel, and in the ensuing ground operation launched in southern Lebanon in late September.
Israel made returning the displaced residents to their homes an aim in its war against Hezbollah and has promised incentives to entice them back. The return has been slow, in part because many residents are skeptical of the government’s pledges to ensure their safety and because much work remains to rehabilitate communities.
Remote kibbutzim on the borders
Manara is prone to howling winds and snow usually once a winter, attracting a hardy, close-knit group of people.
Such remote kibbutzim were an integral element of the Israeli pioneer ethos, and Israel as a fledgling state once relied on them to protect its borders in the face of threats from neighboring Arab countries.
The war was a clear reminder for Israelis that the country still depends on the border communities and needs to ensure their viability so that the country doesn’t collapse toward its center.
Many in Manara are determined to return and restore their homes.
“It’s really a physical thing. They miss the air here,” said Orna Weinberg, 58, who has lived on the kibbutz her entire life.
Weinberg was displaced to a town about 45 minutes south, but she coordinated with the army and returned to Manara almost every day during the war, helping other evacuated residents who asked her to save photo albums, transfer the kibbutz’s archives or carry out other tasks to keep the community from falling apart.
Now, she’s involved in coordinating Manara’s rehabilitation, both physical and emotional. She and Abramovich spend hours walking through the kibbutz with appraisers for different government agencies to determine the financial losses and compensation. They also need to check the kibbutz’s infrastructure, including gas, water and electricity lines, all of which suffered damage.
The question no one asks
Out of 157 homes or apartments in the kibbutz, 110 were damaged, of which 38 were completely destroyed. In the part of Manara that faces Lebanon, all the houses were destroyed. The ones facing the valley and the city of Kiryat Shmona are damaged but likely salvageable.
Abramovich said an initial estimate of rebuilding costs is at least NIS 150 million ($40 million).
Toothbrushes left by a displaced family are seen burnt in their house heavily damaged from Hezbollah attacks in Kibbutz Manara, on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, January 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)“We’re having this weird discussion now, who has it better, someone whose house is partially destroyed or totally destroyed,” said Hagar Erlich, 72, whose father was one of Manara’s founders. She is living in a hotel in the city of Tiberias with other kibbutz members. It may be cheaper and faster to demolish and rebuild rather than renovate, she said.
The kibbutz is committed to reopening the nursery school by September 1, convinced that if young families don’t return as soon as possible, the community’s future is in danger, Abramovich said.
So far, none of Manara’s residents have announced they are leaving. The Ambramovich family — Igor, his wife and two daughters — will return in February, the first family to do so.
“It’s hard for people to say, ‘I’m not coming back,’” Erlich said. “We decided that we are not asking that question, not as an organization, and not as individuals.”
A mannequin with military clothing used as a decoy stands in the Kibbutz Manara, northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The community even wants to continue an expansion of 92 housing units that was planned before the war started.
In late December, 50 Manara residents gathered to work in the community garden, the hub of the kibbutz where they mark important celebrations and gatherings. The older members cooked a feast as children ran through the weeds and removed rocks from the garden beds to get them ready for new plants.
“It was the first time since the war began where I heard voices of people talking and chatting around here,” Weinberg said. “Whenever I think about that, that’s home.” link
Out of 157 homes or apartments in the kibbutz, 110 were damaged, of which 38 were completely destroyed. In the part of Manara that faces Lebanon, all the houses were destroyed. The ones facing the valley and the city of Kiryat Shmona are damaged but likely salvageable.
Abramovich said an initial estimate of rebuilding costs is at least NIS 150 million ($40 million).
“We’re having this weird discussion now, who has it better, someone whose house is partially destroyed or totally destroyed,” said Hagar Erlich, 72, whose father was one of Manara’s founders. She is living in a hotel in the city of Tiberias with other kibbutz members. It may be cheaper and faster to demolish and rebuild rather than renovate, she said.
The kibbutz is committed to reopening the nursery school by September 1, convinced that if young families don’t return as soon as possible, the community’s future is in danger, Abramovich said.
So far, none of Manara’s residents have announced they are leaving. The Ambramovich family — Igor, his wife and two daughters — will return in February, the first family to do so.
“It’s hard for people to say, ‘I’m not coming back,’” Erlich said. “We decided that we are not asking that question, not as an organization, and not as individuals.”
The community even wants to continue an expansion of 92 housing units that was planned before the war started.
In late December, 50 Manara residents gathered to work in the community garden, the hub of the kibbutz where they mark important celebrations and gatherings. The older members cooked a feast as children ran through the weeds and removed rocks from the garden beds to get them ready for new plants.
“It was the first time since the war began where I heard voices of people talking and chatting around here,” Weinberg said. “Whenever I think about that, that’s home.” link
Dark Legacy - The Abandonment of October 7th Hostages
The 16th HostageMichael SfardHuman Rights Lawyer.
Dear Prime Minister,Tell me, how do you sleep at night?Let me tell you about myself. I haven’t been sleeping well. Truth be told, I sleep like shit. It’s not only that I’m afraid of things to come, terrified of the fighting in Gaza and the horrifying prospect of a Northern Front. It’s not only the pestering questions that won’t let go, nine months after October 7th, and the inability to understand how we got here. Our reality contains ample causes for insomnia: the political police force you’ve created, the vicious incitement against those who oppose your policies, the paralyzing fear of what will become of us as a society in the coming decades. What will be the values guiding us after the violence and terror inflicted upon us at the beginning of the war, and everything we have been doing to them ever since? It’s no wonder I sleep so poorly.I’m raising two children here, and you and your government have provided me with a million reasons to worry about their future in Israel. But these are not the issues I want to discuss with you, Prime Minister. I would like to tell you that among other reasons, I have not been sleeping well because of the hostages. Thinking about them and their situation gives me no rest. And I’d like to share a secret. The reason that the hostages, these men and women, give me no rest stems not only from thinking about their situation, the terror that grips me every time I try to imagine what they’re going through. It also stems from a feeling with which I’m not sure you’re familiar: responsibility. No, I did not hold a formal position on October 7th. I was not in charge of the army, Intelligence, Israel’s policy towards Hamas, or the political reform that weakened the remains of Israel’s solidarity and ethos. It was not on my watch that 1,200 people were murdered in the Gaza Envelope, and 251 children, elderly, women, and men were taken hostage. And yet I feel responsible. Do you know why? Because I’m Israeli. These are my brothers and sisters rotting in tunnels. As an Israeli, I’m responsible for bringing them back.Contrary to what you might believe, Prime Minister, responsibility is not something that you receive, like cigars or bottles of champagne; nor is it something you take, like bribes. Responsibility is something that you carry, like a burden. It doesn’t matter if you are cowardly — with no integrity whatsoever. You can’t choose to “receive” or “take” responsibility for the greatest failure in Israel’s history. You carry the responsibility, period. You are in charge of the failure and therefore you’re in charge of the hostages’ destiny. You are the person in charge, number one. And by failing to secure deals to return them, you carry the responsibility for abandoning them. You are in charge of their kidnapping, their abandonment, and your supporters’ despicable and unforgivable propaganda against their families.Honestly, Prime Minister, I do not know how you sleep at night. Do you read a book or scroll through TikTok until your eyes shut? I have a suggestion: count the hostages. One, two, three. Maybe by the 16th hostage, you’ll finally understand: you are responsible for them.
Acronyms and Glossary
ICC - International Criminal Court in the Hague
IJC - International Court of Justice in the Hague
MDA - Magen David Adom - Israel Ambulance Corp
PA - Palestinian Authority - President Mahmud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen
PMO- Prime Minister's Office
UAV - Unmanned Aerial vehicle, Drone. Could be used for surveillance and reconnaissance, or be weaponized with missiles or contain explosives for 'suicide' explosion mission
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